Barrel truck and tilting device



(No Model.)

J. E. JUNKINS. BARREL TRUCK AND TILTING DEVICE.

No. 436,040. Patented Sept. 9. 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEATHRO E. JUNKINS, OF UPPER SANDUSKY, OI-lIO.

BARREL TRUCK AND TILTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 436,040, dated September 9, 1890.

Application filed June 18, 1890. Serial No. 355,847. (No model.)

glState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Barrel Truck and Tilting Device; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates especially to barreltrucks; and it consists in certain novel construction, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter described and specifically claimed,wherebyabarrel or other similar truck is produced which can be moved about and placed in front of a barrel or other object, and the barrel conveniently loaded thereon, whereby the barrel can be adjusted to any height or position desired in order to facilitate the removal of the contents of the barrel, and to permit Vessels of different sizes being placed under the barrel for the purpose of being filled.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my barrel-truck and a barrel being tilted upon it. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the same. Fig. 4 represents a wrench used in connection with the truck, and Fig. 5 is a view of a brake device used on the truck.

The letter A in the drawings represents a truck-frame and B a barrel. The truck-frame A is supported on wheels, the two rear wheels a a of which run on fixed axles and the two front wheels at a in casters a This con struction greatly facilitates the moving about of the truck, inasmuch as the wheels at a serve as guides when the truck is to be moved in a straight line, and they serve as pivots around which the truck is swung when a curvilinear movement is to be made.

The truck-frame A is provided with four corner standards a a a a, preferably formed by folding the metal of which they are constructed, and which are provided with sheaves a in their top portions. Over said sheaves cords or chains 0 are passed, which in pairs connect two Windlass-shafts O with two supporting-bars 0 G The supporting-bars O C are suspended at the outside of the truckframe and the Windlass-shafts O are hung inside of the same. provided with a central pointed projection or pin 0, upon which the barrel is caused to rest when elevated upon the truck and which prevent its slipping off the bars. One or both bars 0 G are provided with steadying-lugs c equidistant from the pin c,between which lugs the barrel B is held and prevented from rolling. The Windlass-shafts G are provided with ratchet-wheels D and flat-sided end formations 0 whereby the shafts can be turned with a slotted wrench E. The wrench E is provided with a straight slot 6, which terminates in a hole 6 of larger diameter than the shaft 0, so that it can be easily passed upon the formation 0 previous to the engagement of the slot 6 with the same for the purpose of elevating the bars 0' by turning the shaftsC. The truck-frame is provided with pawls (l, which engage with the teeth cl of the ratchetwheels D in the usual manner. The rear portion of the truck-frame A is provided with semicircular or hook-like supports 0 into which the rear bar'c settles when lowered.

When a barrel B is to be mounted on the truck, the truck is moved to the barrel with the bars 0 lowered, as shown. The barrel is then tilted over onto the truck, as seen in Fig. 1, until it is seen that its lower end portion has entered between the lugs c of the rear bar 0 and is pierced by the pointed pin 0. This operation is greatly facilitated by the hooks 0 which firmly support the bar 0', but permit it by reason of their semicircular formation to revolve and face the barrel. When it is found that the barrel is thus engaged in the rear bar 0, it is farther tilted over, while the rear bar 0 is slowly raised by turning its operating Windlass-shaft C until it is slightly higher than the truck-frame. The barrel is now fully turned over and its front end portion laid upon the front bar O in a central position, so that its pin 0 will enter the wood of the barrel. The barrel can now be moved on the wheels of the truck to any desired place, and by manipulating first one and then the other of the Windlass-shafts it can be elevated to the extent necessary, and then by manipulating the rear Windlass- The bars 0 C are each shaft it can be tilted to any desired or the necessary extent to insure a more rapid emptying of its contents. After the contents are withdrawn the barrel can be adjusted by a backward movement of the Windlass-shafts to a horizontal position, lowered, and removed.

In the drawings I have represented a metal truck-frame, which has the advantage of being light, strong, and cheap; butI do not confine myself to such construction, since a wooden structure would answer the purpose of the invention as well without departing from my invention. In Fig. 5 I have illustrated a Windlass-shaft, as C, provided with a ratchet-wheel D and a brake-pulley F, and in Fig. 1 a brake-pulley F is shown applied on the ends of each of the Windlass-shafts. By thus providing brake-pulleys F the operator can, by placing his foot against one or the other of the brake-pulleys and disengaging a pawl 01 of a ratchet belonging to such brake-p ulley, lower the barrel slowly an d without a sudden shock.

WVhat I claim is- 1. The combination, with a wheeled truckframe having standards with sheaves, of independent elevating horizontal Windlassshafts, independent cords suspended and guided over said sheaves, and independent horizontal supporting-rods suspended by said cords and elevated by said Windlass-shafts, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a truck-frame having standards and sheaves, of a horizontal Windlass-sh aft, cords guided oversaid sheaves, a rear horizontal supporting rod or bar suspended by said cords and elevated by said shaft, and a front supporting rod or bar connected to the truck-frame, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a truck-frame having standards and sheaves, of a horizontal Windlass-shaft, cords suspended and guided over said sheaves, a horizontal rear supporting rod or bar provided with a point or projection c and suspended by said cords and elevated by said windlassshaft, and a front supporting rod or bar connected to the truck-frame and provided with the centering pin or pins, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a truck-frame having standards and sheaves, of hook-like supports 0 attached to said frame, a horizontal Windlass-shaft, cords suspended and guided over said sheaves, a rear horizontal supporting rod or bar provided with a penetrating-point and suspended by said cords and elevated by said Windlass-shaft, and a front supportingrod or bar connected to the truck-frame, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the truck-frame, of the independent supporting rods or bars, the independent suspending-cords, pulleys for the cords, the independent Windlass-shafts provided with ratehet-and-pawl mechanism, and the foot-brake pulley or pulleys, substantially as described.

(3. The combinatio11,witl1 a truck-frame having standards and sheaves, of a horizontal windlass-shaft, cords suspended and guided over said sheaves, a horizontal rear supporting rod or bar suspended by said cords and provided with centering-lugs c and a front supporting rod or bar connected to said frame, substantially as described.

7. The eombination,with a truck-frame having standards and sheaves, of a horizontal Windlass-shaft, cords suspended and guided over said sheaves, a horizontal supporting rod or bar provided with centering-lugs c and a pointed pin or pins 0', suspended by said cords and elevated by said Windlass-shaft, and

a front supporting rod or bar connected to said frame, substantially as described.

8. In a wheeled truck, the elevating device comprising two pairs of standards provided with chain or cord pulleys and horizontal elevating-rods C C and two Windlass-shafts having flat-sided end formations c and provided with cords c, ratchet-wheels D, and pawls (I, substantially as described.

9. A truck comprising a wheeled frame, independent windlass-shafts and cords, independent supporting, elevating, and tilting bars, whereby a barrel or other object can be raised while in a horizontal position and then lowered at one end to an inclined position,so as to facilitate the discharge of the contents of the barrel, substantially as described.

10. The wrench adj unctE of the truck, provided with a straight slot e, which terminates in a hole e of larger diameter than the slot, in combination with standards and pulleys, a barrel-truck provided with independent windlass'shafts having flat-sided end formations and furnished with cords c, carrying supporting rods or bars, and with ratchet-wheels and pawls, the latter attached to the truck-frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JEATIIRO E. JUNKINS.

\Vitnesses:

J. P. THEODORE LANG, EDWARD T. FENWICK. 

